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The Morning the Screwworm Came North You are a Texas rancher in Zavala County, or a feedlot hand in Dimmit County, or a livestock hauler running a load of calves up I-35 toward San Antonio. Or you are a ranch worker mending fence under a June sun that has been over ninety degrees since March. You have heard the news on the radio, or seen it on a relative's phone, or read the flyer the Texas Animal Health Commission sent to your local auction barn. The first confirmed case of New World screwworm in the United States in decades was identified on June 3, 2026 — a three-week-old calf, in your county, or close enough that the difference does not matter. And you are asking the question everyone from Crystal City to Carrizo Springs to Cotulla is asking right now: what does this mean for me, for my animals, for the next six months of my livelihood, for the workers whose hands keep my operation running? We are writing this page for you. We are The Manginello Law Firm, PLLC — Attorney911 — and we work with Texas ranching families, feedlot operators, livestock haulers, and the workers whose backs and…